The Tampa Bay Lightning were banking on carrying over the intensity and offensive outburst they had against the Phoenix Coyotes to tonight’s game against a desperate and hot Devils team that is trying to do the unthinkable—crawl back into the playoff picture after being the laughingstock of the Eastern Conference for most of the season.
With Jacques Lemaire behind the Devils bench, the trap...

The month of February hasn’t shown much love to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning headed into this game looking to right their ship after losing three straight games and having only won once without the help of extra periods in this shortened month. It would be remiss if I forget to mention that this comes during their longest home stand of the season. Playing a red-hot Phoenix Coyotes...

The Washington Capitals lost 3-2 tonight to the Phoenix Coyotes, losers of 3 straight, The Capitals are in the midst of a 5 game road trip, including the first 3 games against Western Conference foes. The Caps are now 3-7-1 against teams from the Western Conference. The Caps faced the hottest team in the NHL, the Phoenix Coyotes, who are now winners of 5 straight games, and in 1st pla...

When an NHL team is down 3-0 with under a minute left in the second period, Paul Bissonette has found the back of the net, and their backup with no NHL experience replaces the starter, the game is pretty much over right?
The San Jose Sharks had other plans last night as they mounted a comeback of epic proportions scoring 5 straight in a win over their division rivals, the Phoenix Coyotes. Phoen...

My oh my how a week can change things around a hockey team. After the Flames had lost 6-0 to the Minnesota Wild, I like many thought that that game would be the breaking point this. And like a couple of times already the Flames have managed to claw their way out of certain demise. Calgary has now won four games in a row against some fairly tough opposition to put themselves within 2 points of t...

Before the game Coyotes defensemen Keith Yandle was all smiles, after he was wondering how his team gave up a two-goal lead to lose to the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 with :20 seconds left in regulation.
At the 19:38 mark of the third period Oilers forward Dustin Penner beat Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to cap off the Oilers comeback and give the Yotes their fourth straight loss at Jobing.com Arena.
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The play never dies when #4 is involved. The Oilers' rookie phenom Taylor Hall put on a clinic once again today, helped his club knock off the Phoenix Coyotes 4-3, while snapping a five-game skid for the visitors.
Hall scored a goal and assisted on Dustin Penner's winning goal, his 15th of the campaign, with 21 seconds left on the clock. The first-year forward earned first-star honours for his ...

You wouldn’t call a game before the All-Star break a must win, but for the Phoenix Coyotes a win against division foe San Jose would have been the Yotes fifth in a row. A win also would have keep the Yotes separated from a jumbled western conference, where teams four through twelve are separated by just seven points. Sharks forward Danny Heatley had a goal and assist to end Phoenix’s winnin...

The Phoenix Coyotes were clinging to a one-goal lead late in the second period when a game changing hit on defensemen Ed Jovanovski woke them up.
“I thought we were sleepy,” said Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett. “I feel bad for Jovo because it was a hard hit on him, but I think it woke the rest of the team up.”
The Coyotes woke up and responded for four third period goals (one an empty ...

(Denver, Colorado) – These days, the high flying Colorado Avalanche have been flying at low altitudes and this time it was the Phoenix Coyotes who benefited – shutting down the Avs 2 -0 at the Pepsi Center last night. It was the fifth time in the last eight games that the NHL’s early season offensive juggernaut scored two or fewer goals in a game.
Coyotes’ backup goaltender Jason LaBa...

“Teamwork divides the task and doubles the success”. This quote can easily be attributed to any player currently on the Blues roster. This season so far has been a rollercoaster. The beginning showed the Blues off to one of their best starts in franchise history. Then injuries hit and the team went into a downward spiral. But Head Coach Davis Payne was able to maintain con...

Tuesday following the Coyotes 3-1 loss to the Ducks forward Shane Doan was upset at his teams inability to score goals over the past several games. He knew that the Yotes needed to start converting on their scoring chances if they were going to beat a hot Los Angeles Kings team the next night.
“It’s a big game and they (Los Angeles) are playing really well,” said Doan. “We’re going to...